Former Indian head coach and skipper Rahul Dravid opened up on Australian batter Travis Head‘s counter-attacking knock against Men in Blue in the ICC Cricket World Cup final last year, which shattered the country’s dreams of lifting the trophy at home. Speaking at the CEAT Cricket Awards on Wednesday, Dravid said that the Indian bowlers […]
Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel knocked brilliant centuries to guide Pakistan to an imposing 448-6 declared before Bangladesh closed the second day on 27-0 in Rawalpindi on Thursday. Rizwan’s unbeaten 171 was his Test best and third century in the format while Shakeel’s 141 was equally polished as the duo lifted Pakistan from a precarious
India’s double Olympic medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is set to compete at the Diamond League meet in Lausanne. Battling from a groin injury, Neeraj claimed a silver at the recently-concluded Paris Olympics 2024. He had won a historic gold medal at the Tokyo Games in 2021. In just two weeks after his glory at
Neeraj Chopra in Lausanne Diamond League 2024 Live: Two weeks after winning his historic silver medal at the Paris Olympics, star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will resume action at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on Thursday, seeking to reclaim the DL trophy at the season-ending finale next month. Nursing a long-standing groin injury, Chopra claimed a silver in the Paris Olympics on August
Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik have claimed that the Delhi Police has revoked the security cover of female wrestlers set to testify in the sexual harassment case against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Vinesh and Sakshi on ‘X’, tagged the Delhi Police, the Delhi Commission for Women, and the
Former India pacer Zaheer Khan is in contention to assume the mentorship role of Lucknow Super Giants ahead of the next season of the Indian Premier League. The 45-year-old was head of global development at Mumbai Indians (MI) and before that held the position of director of cricket for the franchise from 2018-2022. As a
In the first week of IPL 2024, a 21-year-old pacer burst onto the scene. Clocking 150 kph at ease and picking up six wickets in his first two games, Lucknow Super Giants’ Mayank Yadav already being tipped to be a future India star, with calls coming to include him in the 2024 T20 World Cup
Former Australian opening great Matthew Hayden lauded young Indian top-order batter Yashasvi Jaiswal for his strokeplay, but warned that bouncy tracks and pace trio of skipper Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood will challenge him during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy later this year. The much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy will commence with the first Test–a day match–at
It’s not often that a person paralysed by a life-altering accident would describe that tragedy as a “blessing in disguise” or “an opportunity” to carve an identity. But then soon-to-be-Paralympian Pranav Soorma is built different. He was 16 when the roof of his house fell on him in 2011, leaving him a quadriplegic. Restricted to
The International Cricket Council is on the lookout for a new female independent director after PepsiCo head Indra Nooyi’s six-year tenure came to an end last month. The world body is also set to get a new chairman after incumbent Greg Barclay’s refusal to seek a third term. Nooyi, who became ICC’s first independent woman